Environmental Protection, Health and Safety
Environmental management is carried out in accordance with the fundamental laws of Environmental Protection (Environmental Protection Act, Waste Act, Water Act, Air Protection Act, Soil Conservation Act, etc.), as well as in compliance with the environmental management policy adopted by the Agrokor Group in June 2006.
Accordingly, PIK Vrbovec has an environmental management system according to the requirements of the international standard ISO 14001 since July 2007 and is approaching the high requirements and regulations of the EU and other international markets.
In March 2009, a company Bureau Veritas conducted a certification audit after which PIK Vrbove has added an occupational health and safety system OHSAS to the portfolio of previous confirmation of high standards and management systems.
Protecting the environment
PIK Vrbovec pays great attention to the implementation of both corporate and its own environmental policies. Environmental management is carried out in accordance with the fundamental laws of Environmental Protection, in compliance with the environmental management policy adopted by the Agrokor Group in June 2006, and within its own specificities prescribed by PIK’s environmental, health and safety management policy rev. 2 of 25th July 2012.
By establishing the environment management system, and its implementation on all levels of the organization, we attempt for every employee to truly accept the implemented environment management system.
The most important events in environment protection are the following:
- Maintaining and improving the environmental management system
- Introducing systematic monitoring of the legislative regarding environmental protection, as well as the evaluation regarding the compliance to legal and other requirements
- Education of employees
- Positive indicators concerning the usage of energy resources meaning the rational usage of energy resources and preserving natural resources
- Categorization of all types of waste with the purpose of decreasing communal waste and recycling all types of secondary raw material
- The implementation of goals and programs regarding environmental protection
- The construction of a device for biological waste water treatment and its commissioning by 31st December 2014
- The implementation of the best available techniques in all production processes with the purpose of decreasing the pollution of water, air and soil, as well as coordination with all IPPC Directive guidelines
- The prevention of pollution and incidents during the storage and use of hazardous chemicals
- Sorting by-products of animal origin according to categories, and disposal by the authorized collector
